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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
THE POETS PIPE.

No slim archaic reed, or sylvan flute
Of soft and nith-like utterance, sing
'Tis but brown guarled bowl of brier root,
Welded to its mute stem with twisted string.
What time of old, the satyr, rapt in song,
Charmed the young night with gently breath
ing notes;
Or, swaying, ran his willowy hands along
The unctuous reed, with its seven biro-l1ke
throats.
The D et resting from days ruder cares,
Puts fire and fragrance IN the voiceless Dowl,
And leaning back with face against the stars
Stains il with the connection of his SOUL
Look where the subtle essence out ana IN
Impregns the winding fiber OF the WOOD
With figures intricate aud Damascene-
The very labyrinth of the poets MOOD
Tn th{s charred cavern where the kindl1ng weed
Throbs with the potent alchemy of ire,
Think what celestial emanat1ons Dreeu,
What airy 'bodments of SOULS desire
Divine creations, spun of fame and smoke,
And wreathing heavenward in the CAIN o
night;
Finer than e'er were written In book
Only the spirit can pursue their night.
Farewell, thou Anticipated pipe OF Pan!
Pit symbol of the infancy Of song.
Untutored as that wild and goatl1ke man,
Who fashioned thee with patience rude ana long
Henceforth the poet shrills upon no reed,
when meditatioIl's subtle mood is ripe;
But spiritual numbers sweetly lead
His fancies as he breathes upon-hls pipe
jones auckland, an Overland Monthly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
Abby Folsom.
From the Independent.


Abby Kelly, who died the other day,
suffered not little undeserved re-
proach in the early days Of anti
slavery agitation from being confound-
ed with Abby Folsom. Abby Kelly
was brought up q quiet Quaker, and
was never a rantsr. But Abby Fol
som had been brought up in rant
ing school, had no self-restraint, loved
to make noise and sensation, and
did not know when she was made fun
Of The boys in the rear of the crowd
liked the fun of hearing her, and would
cry for Abby Folsom, and as it was
the boast of the Abolitionists that
they had q free platform, they
found it almost Impossible to
keep her from their meetings.
She was an intolerable nuisance. and
would be heard. But she was a
woman of a good deal of wit, and
sometimes turned the tables on those
who tried to silence her. On one oc-
casion she became so troublesome to
the managers of the meeting, that
these Abolitionists themselves could
stand their "free platform" no longer,
and three of them, Wendell Phillips,
his brother-in.law, William A. White.
and Oliver johnson lifted her up in
the chair in which she had planted
herself, and carried her out of the
meeting. But she raised her voice
above the tumult. and cried out: ST
am more honored than my Master
was. He was borne on one ass, and I
am borne by three"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
sparrows and Frogs in Bermuda.

There are only two things, say the
natives, that prevent Bermuda from
being positive paradise, and those
two things are sparrows and frogs.
"Some precious fool brought q
couple OF English sparrows down there
four or five years ago." Capt. James
s. Garvin, of the steamship Orinoco,
remarked to New York World re-
porter q few days ago, "and now the
whole island is overrun with the pesky
things. They are driving out most of
the birds that ale native to the land,
and the old inhabitants ere very much
exercised over the thing. The govern
ment has offered a reward for the head
OF every sparrow that is brought H.,
but | regret to say that the young
darkies, in consequence of the reward,
have taken to cultivating the little
pests. Then another confounded fool
thought it would be a good idea to
populate the island with frogs, and he
brought couple of them from from
Demerara a few years ago. You
would be astonished to see the
way those frogs have spread.
They were thrown on the beach and
have propagated both ways for con-
siderable distance. Month by month
you can see, or hear rather, by their
nightly croaking, the way they are ex-
tending along the coast. Every time
| go down there can see that they
have gone further than they were
when | was there the last time. And
they are tremendous fellows, too; not
like the frogs we see hereabouts, but
two or three times as big.
"Of course neither the sparrows
nor the frogs are going to do the
island any material injury. They
are simply blots upon an otherwise
perfect spot. | don't believe there
is any place in this or any other
country that can begin to compare
with Bermuda in the matter OF health
fulness. The climate all the year
round can beat that of any other
section of the globe. Nobody ever
wears an overcoat down there. They
don't need to. just before | left on
my last trip stood on the beach and
watched @ few score of people from
New York and this locality tum bling
in the surf. That was III the middle of
February, mind you. I wish they
hadn't brought in those sparro VS. and
frogs though"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
To Those Going TO Europe.
From the Philadelphia Press

GA man who rides much on an ele-
vator renders himself impervious to
sea Sickness" said an elevator man as
he carried load OF passengers to tie
fourth floor of big mercantile estab-
lishment. "Many men and women
prefer climbing four or five flights OF
stairs to riding that distance in an
elevator. You see, the motions and
sensations produced by the gliding OF
the elevator from one floor to another
make many quite sick. If man in
tends going on an ocean voyage and
don't want to get sick, just let him
ride up and down on an elevator for
awhile"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
A Gogebic Muscalonge.
From the New York Tribune

A prosperous manufacturer whose
bolt and nut works are located at
Newport, KY, is Col. l.. M. Dayton,
who was staff officer of the army OF
the Cumberland and accompanied
Sherman on his march to the sea. In
appearance Col Dayton resembles
Louis Napoleon Of France with his
heavy French face and large black
mustache and goatee. He has been q
guest at the Gilsey House for several
days. He was reported to know some
thing of the iron fields in the Gogebic
range in Wisconsin. AN inquiry in
that direction drew out this reply:
"The one thing I know about that re-
gion is that in the Gogebic Lake the
fishing is simply magnificent. l have
an axiom about fishermen and fish
stories that I shall have to give you
before dare say anything about my
experience on that delightful body of
water. My axiom is that all
fishermen are liars but not all
liars are fishermen. The principal
sport on Gogebic Lake is trolling for
muscalonge and bass. have caught
muscalonge that weighed 18 pounds,
ana the Dass range all Cne way up to .
and 6 pounds. caught a black bass
that weighed 5 pounds. In one after
Moons sport which extended over four
hours we caught forty-seven musca-
longe and so many bass that We did
not count them. It was on the Goge-
bic Lake that / had an experience
with muscalonge which think was
the largest fish of it's kind I ever en-
countered. OF course he got away, as
all big fish do. This fellow struck my
fly when l had about $50 feet of line
out. You may know that he was big
and powerful from the fact that as he
came up out of the water he lifted the
entire $50 feet of line clear of the sur
face and exposed himself to view down
to the tip OF his tail. If the iron is as
good as the fishing, the Gogebic range
stands at the top of the heap"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09

is ottentimes good deal more effect
i've than g. doctors prescription"
This latter with q genial smile, as,
glancing at his watch, he added:
"Well, then, Mrs. Sphinx, If you think
we could agree as to plenty of air and
sun. Oh! by-the-by, am forget
ting one of the most important items.
The recompense l could. offer would
not be large-perhaps two dollars and
a half, payable monthly-would not
be satisfactory to your"
.Oh, yes!" was the somewhat eager
reply. st should be quite satisfied
with that; but l must tell you that
that I cannot give a. reference. Yours
would be my first situation, end am
g. stranger" this last q tribe latter
ingly) Sin the city" .,
Referencesl" he repeated, with
comical look. "To tell the truth, ]
never thought OF them" Then court
eously he added: 6 feel sure tnat IN
your case they are quite unnecessary
So, shall we say this day week Tor you
to enter upon your duties?
CHOW kind you arep came impul
sivelv from the little woman's lips.
sNot at all; not at all, assure you
madam" answered the doctor, his
color rising slightly.
Then. as he cordially shook his
future housekeeper by the hand, his
ouick ewes noted her shabby little cot
ton gloves, so carefully darned at the
end of each shabby finger, and once
again he remarked pleasantly, as he
escorted her to the door:
$50 this day week Imay expectyou
Mrs. Sphinx. :, -.
A moment later he, too, left the
house, thinking as he walked briskly
along:
81 believe she will suit me to a dot
Trim and neat, with a quiet voice
Poor little woman, / expect she has
seen a good deal of trouble, and then
other thoughts chased DR.. Reed s
housekeeper from his mind.
DR.. Nathaniel Reed had been brought
up bv an old maid aunt. A woman
composed on the sharp corner aud
angular system. Yet, withal, not un-
kind to her charge, but he being OF a
bright, affectionate disposition, missed
SOT0ly ~ InOUu0I lONlbS Woy % OAOoAo
always grateful to the woman who
had taught him to be go strictly up-
right and just, and placed him In
the way to earn an independent
living. About two years pre-
vious to his aunt's death she had
bought the old-tashioned house stand.
ing in it's own grounds, where the
doctor at the opening OF my story
resided, for at her decease she had
bequeathed it to him, with an income
of 200 pounds per annum. Steadi-
~ the doctors practice had increased,
his reputation as a physician gain
ing every day. Perhaps he would
have made money faster If he had
been less attentive to those patients
whose only pay consisted OF their
grateful thanks. Jane, who thought
no one equal to her master, waxed
fairly eloquent when relating how he
rad tended her mother and helped
along her smaller brothers and sisters.
And if the many "God bless yous"
called forth py the doctors kind acts
were resistered above, their record
must have been q glorious one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09

D1NER-Here, l thought you said
this was lobster croquette. Waiter
/ beg pardon, i thought it was; see
that I made q mistake; guess it is
sweetbreat. Diner-No, it isn't sweet.
bread; it's some kind OF meat.-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09

A year had passed since Mrs.
Sphinx entered upon her duties as
housekeeper to DR.. Reed; and no fairy
wand could nave worked greater
changes than that lady's clever hands
had done. The old,fashioned furni-
ture had taken on q polish upon which
no fly dare risk q footing. Pretty
lace curtains graced the windows
which looked out, not upon weeds
any more, but fragrant flower beds
and velvety grass and a rustic seat
meath the o. ENHANCING branches of an
ancient oak. Jane, no longer slip
shod, but in q neat gown and dainty
cap, waited upon "the mistress" as
she always persisted in calling Mrs.
Sphinx, to whom she had become al
most as much attached as to the doc
tor. And the doctor himself? Prob
ably he would have thought no worse
fate could befall him than the loss of
Mrs. Sphinx. What OF that lady her
self? From the first day when the
doctor gave her SO kindly q welcome
and babe her make herself quite
at home, and if anything was
wanting to her comfort to let him
know, she had grown to love her du-
ties and the quiet old house and hoped
that she might always stay although,
of course, that would not be possible
when the doctor brought home a bride,
which naturally he would do some
day. Somehow she did not like to
think of that hour and so strove to
put it out of her mind. Yet the doc
tor, truth to tell, had hardly given
such an idea thought. He was too
busy man to have much time to de-
vote to society, and the appointments
of his home suited him to q nicely;
consequently he never felt the need OF
a. wife. He had grown quite attached
to the quiet, little figure in black,
whose brown eyes sparkled so merrily
at times above their gold-bowed spec.
| tacles, and would have sorely missed
| his faithful housekeeper. For even
outside of her housekeeping duties,
she was of great help to him, assisting
to keep his accounts and sorting his
papers so cleverly. Perhaps he was
thinking of this as he said one after
noon rather abruptly:
ST am afraid you are working toe
hard, Mrs. Sphinx. How should you
like to take holiday 2"
"What You mean me togo away
she exclaimed in startled, implorine
tone.
"God forbid!" The words dropped
from his lips almost unaware before
be added, "Just little trip, say tc
the country, foryour health; although
how We shall get along without you,
do not know"
"Then, if you please, sir, Ihad rather
not co." was the quiet answer, and &c
no more was said.
In his heart the doctor was pleased
that Mrs. Sphinx had elected not to
take q holiday. Somehow he had
liked her to welcome him when he
came home, and once he had said to
himself, as he noted the gray hair &c
smoothly tucked away beneath hel
snowy cap:
81 am as fond of her almost as i
she were my mother"
Toward the latter part OF that sum
mer virulent fever broke out amonf
the poor of the district where the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09
A MOTTO.

Never never day should pass
Without some kindness kindly shown.
This is a motto dear laddie and lass
To think upon daily and take for your own.
st Nicholas
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-09

INCREASING the weight on his fore
fest will change a PAGER into trot-
ter
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Ahead of the Eastern JuE.Iers.

The japanese were the original Jug
giers, - says D'Alvini, who is an English
man with command of ten languages,
''but the Europeans have improved or
their example. As juCglers, conjurers
Europe-Hs suTpass the world. We hear
a great zeal gbout Indian juggling and
the wonderful tricks Of the marabouts,
such IS bringing birds into existence,
causing them 10 fly a short distance and
then r III; but such stories are Indian
talcs-@e-e fairy tales. | Travelled for
months ia India and I never saw any
trick there that could not perform my
self The people Of that country are very
ignorant, and have TO knowledge what
ever cf electricity and compressed cir, two
Important clements Of our WORK kUTo-
Tca2s and Americans can beat the mara
bouts g. their own trade. Chicago Her
aid.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
4 False Kind of Economy,

Economy means the purchase and use
Of the very best articles, SO as to get the
very best out Of them. 4 sick horse may
be bought for little money, to be of little
or no use, 4 care on your mind, an eX-
pense to your pocket, and bringer to you
of nothing but worry. This is an eX-
travagant horse. Competition, which
seeks to lower the price of everything, is
the death Of trade. 1t cuts down lower
and lower, until at last no profit is left
any one. Then the factory stops. The
workman has nothing to do. The boss
fails, absconds or goes in other business.
Competitive cheap labor does not tend TO
make artists. 1t does tend to make imi-
tators, cOpyists and counterfeits.
J skilled needlewoman-one who took
an artistic pride in her work-said to me
after q week experience il one Of New
IOrk'S great retail bazaars, where scores
of cheap dresses in the latest style were
turned out daily: There is no encOur-
agement in cur workshop for good, care
ful. painstaking work The girl who can
rush the most thread through the most
yards Of cloth and turn out the most
dresses, in reality not much more than
basted together, is the one best praised
and best paid by her employer When
you buy such a dress you encourage
the making OF shams, limitations,
counterfeits. You encourage work
done without conscience, and only for
cash. You discourage honesty. You dis
courage the work in which should be put
brains, skill, care, conscience and time.
That is another name for artistic work.
You are helping on fraud. You help ras
caity. You oppose yourself to justice
and fair dealing. If you buy where you
can buy the cheapest, without regard to
anything save the getting of an article
for the least possible IN 1ney, you are en-
couraSinE fraud and injustiCe.-Prentice
milford III San Francisco Chronicle.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
TT: WORK OF YEARS,

The years but make thee fairer, love,
As by us they are rolled;
Thy charms are but the rarer, love,
Thou never wilt grow old.
Thy brow is but the whittier, love,
As swift the days go by;
and yearly groweth brighter, love,
The sweet light in thy eye.
More delicate carnation. love,
Thy rounded cheek doth WOO;
And Us no revelation, love,
Try lips have found more hue
And voalist thou know the wherefore, lover
The secrets 10 surprise,
Yet one that thou wit care fo-, love;
Ny heart IS in my eyes.
W. J. Henderson.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
lack Rabbit limiting.

Jack rabbit hunting Is q fayo-ite pastime
IN Idaho. By a territorial law the county
treasurer Of each county pays a bounty
Of cents for the ears Of each rabbit
The cost OF killing a rabbit i ebout I
cents, leaving q clear profit Of 3 cents
Il some parts Of The territory there are
people engaged il the exclusive occupa-
1oin Of killing these ests.-Chicago
Times
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Thomas LeFer.nn,. Hair.

Il was said Of Thomas Jefferson that he
would never permit any person 70 cut his
hair He used the scissors himself He
had superstition that his strength
wo1li depart II he allowed any one else
10 cut his hair-Exchauge
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
RESTAURANT LINGO.
A MYSTERIOUS LANGUAGE ~ USE
IN NEW YORK EATING HOUSES.

Startling Terms for Ordinary Edibles,
/ and How They originated-An ExpIsna-
tion of the Curiou, Linge-.Phrases Used
in LeadriIIe.
4 stranger TO restaurant living is pretty
apt 70 wonder what he has decided 10 cat
when be hears his order repeated by the
waiter It may take him fifteen minutes to
adjust his appetite TO the bill OF fare Dali
cate financial questions Hsy enter into the
problem. But when the waiter calls out that
order neither the stranger nor any othe~ man.
except the cook. can tell whether the neal is
TO be $ spread" or 25-cel.t snack" OF
coarse. this Goes not apply 70 the sumptuous
victuailn5 places OF the Delmoaico tyne.
There the guest never hears his order given.
/ Walters of icy dignity or profuse politeness
noiSelessly bear II 70 the invisible region of
the kitchen In the popular restaurant it IS
different The crieS that read the air are as
varied as the OlCrs Of cooked and cooking
eatables that permeate it. and rs mysterious
as the hash that is staple OF the biz OF fare.
The walters are not bur,lened with dignity
nor bothered by politeneSs, They yell the
hungry mans wants from the front Of the
a
reckless vigor and in 4 vernacuiar that defies
Interpretation by those IMMERSED in restaurant
cries
Tommy in the bowl. Tommy" does not
at first sound convey to ordinary ears a
definite idea of anything to eat Neither DO
such expressions as Bobby Blue on the
IRON" "Mealo boilo busto," ~PIum-up.3 #.
with B." and Tea nor uttered with
staccato movement to 'plum-up" and from
that to ''tea-no7 III wild cresceudo. Yet these
were the terms in which young man in a
downtown restaurant heard his modest meal
described by the waiter The young man
examined the bill of fare again. He could
discover no reference therein To Tommys
intrusion in bowl He was equally unable
10 gain a clew to the proposed torture of
Bobby Blue on presumably hot iron. He
was still searching for a key 10 these strange
TtteranceS when two men entered the res-
tatlrant They took seats opposite. The
waiter sent their combined order ricocb+ting
back To the kitchen hole with Gimme 4
double trownstone front, sDuds stew and
-otiee moo; Come G-runuin'!7 Then tail,
thin woman with spactacles and handbag
came IN. she planted herself angularly at
side table. She glanced at the bill in a per
fuECtOry way, spoke taI'tly TO the waiter, and
plunged into volume OF Mr.. EnerSon's re-
Elections Oh the ovcrsoul which she drew from
the handbag. An instant later the table
servitOr announced, load enough 10 he heard
BY everyone in the place, that she wanted
"Onc West Broadway brown, an have her
extra brown
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18

Over 1871. oG0 tons Of rock were guar
ned from the phosphate beds near Charles
ton, s. c, last year, all but ll,eo tons
Of which were shipped 10 foreign points.
The state receives a royalty OF 5 a ton
removed Chicago Times
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Ginest Historical IibrarY.

Fx-PresidenJ Andrew u. White, Of
Cornell, i said 10 have the finest histori-
cal library in the country. II numbers
over 5000 volumes, besides many val
Uable Observation-Disclosures Free Press
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
GEO. F. STEWART.

Electrician 212 Douglas ave. up stairs. Every
ele ,trical appliance repaired and FOR sale Fine
electrical engraving on metal glass and Also
headquarters for Bttsburg Incandescent lafnps and
anIGnCatOrs. -
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Or. T. L. ANDREWS,
w. M. JOHNSON

homeopathic General practice. chronic diseases
sna Diseases of females. Telephone No. io6-
or &c and res tdelce Steel Sons hardware
sfors. Il. Mas street. Wk.hfte- Kan
OsIisa hours e. 70 q - ~ N. and ct NIGHT
ESQ
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Grand Clearing Sale F!
Mn M kIENIZ

VIII sell until all are sold Hats from, 10 70 g. worth
rytcr The money Hand KNIT all wsSl hss4s H
and Soc A full IiHe of ClSAkS. CI1EweAr. CerSss1
Bastle HanAkerchtefs Sisves Ostrich IsAtaerA
chans Ladies early 70 secure AarSAiM
n EIRETZ
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
Dr.. D. 7. SMOKE

Dr.. D. 7. SMOKE
Veterinary Surgeon graduate Of Philadelphia Vet
eriulry College Of - Proprietor OF Horses Home.
opposite 6. A. X. building st, st. Telephone l2. d35
RODGERS,
The Photographer. Pictures in all sizes ard st7iss.
lie also carries The finest assortment of picture
frames ia the city. Give him friendly cell aId
! anime samples.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18

Ofice Rittins block. cor. Douglas and.NarEci- en-
trance 10 ice by elevate ONCE hours 10 IL IN
Esn So Il
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
~S$NAH,zx~
9ai1g eagle
r. r. TIME TABLES.
Denver. Memphis < Atlantic.

Trains Sos. and daily Train 10. will wait
at rurpn until Train 40 / arrives. Trains VIII stop
at AL stations.
FITZGERALD s MALLORY C0NST'C'N CO.
D. J. THAYFR, SAN ~ ~
rhiag -, -i,sar and Cont N-ug-r Train Master.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
PHYSICIANS,
|. II. FOROlCE.
DR.. B. F. hASKlNS,

Physician and Surgeon. Ocice, Main street over
Jta Esn a5S,u+
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-18
wichita i Colorado,
l.. I. * :. f. IL Il.

i, leaves for Hutchinson. SO and 80 pm
Ti arriyes from Hutchinson. .s.!i aud .7 PIN